Stocks pushed higher in early Asia trading on Thursday as optimism grew about a deal to end the Iran war with the U.S. ratcheting up pressure on Tehran, while traders prepared for a raft of economic data and critical earnings reports. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3%, putting the benchmark…

“We anticipate a broadly healthy Q4FY26 for the life insurance sector, supported by sustained APE momentum in retail protection and evolving channel dynamics. Margin pressure remains a common theme across the sector, partially driven by the GST ITC impact, but the underlying operational drivers reveal divergence in performance,” the brokerage noted. Source link

Jammu and Kashmir Bank reported steady expansion in its business performance for FY26, with growth across deposits, advances and overall business. CASA deposits rose 8.07% year-on-year to ₹75,478 crore, compared with ₹69,843 crore a year earlier, indicating improved mobilisation of low-cost deposits. Total deposits increased 11.3% to ₹1.65 lakh crore from ₹1.48 lakh crore, reflecting…